Political Aspects of Technology, Technology Industries - General & Miscellaneous, Economic & Industrial Aspects of Technology
Log in to track your reading progress.
Overview
As Washington rushes toward a more activist technology strategy, it risks falling victim to the parochial interests and self-serving arguments that have too often doomed previous technology promotion efforts. Rather than simply providing subsidies to America's high-technology industries, policy makers must attack the fundamental failures of the existing system in a manner consistent with the nation's political and economic culture. This valuable and comprehensive analysis confirms both the urgent need for a new federal technology strategy and the severe constraints under which it will have to operate.Editorials
Booknews
Predicting that the US government is rushing to a more activist technology strategy in response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, economic competition from allies, and a decade of fiscally irresponsible governments, argues that simply subsidizing high- technology industries will only pander to parochial interests, and that what is needed is an attack on the fundamental failures in a manner consistent with the country's political and economic culture. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
June 1, 1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
210
Format
Hardcover, 1993
ISBN
9780312099619